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Revista de Neurologia Jan 2015There are limited evidences reported of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with active cysticercosis in cystic stage. The objective is to present the correlation between...
INTRODUCTION
There are limited evidences reported of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with active cysticercosis in cystic stage. The objective is to present the correlation between active cysticercosis in topographical zones associated with temporal lobe epilepsy, with neuropsychiatric manifestations and pattern of secondarily generalized partial seizures.
CASE REPORTS
Two cases of adult patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of one year evolution, refractory to antipsychotic drug treatment, and who subsequently appear late onset partial-secondarily generalized seizures. Cysticercosis active presence in the temporal lobe in one patient, and the insula in the other, is identified. A better clinical control after albendazol treatment and subsequently anticonvulsant therapy only remained to evaluate pertinence of pharmacological withdrawal criteria.
CONCLUSIONS
Active neurocysticercosis, may be the cause of acquired neuropsychiatric disorders and temporal lobe epilepsy of late onset when the topography is in the mesolimbic circuit. Early etiologic diagnosis and appropriate treatment allows adequate control of their symptoms and potentially final cure.
Topics: Albendazole; Anomia; Anthelmintics; Anticonvulsants; Antipsychotic Agents; Carbamazepine; Citalopram; Delayed Diagnosis; Depressive Disorder; Drug Resistance; Drug Therapy, Combination; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe; Headache; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Neurocysticercosis; Oxcarbazepine; Panic Disorder; Perphenazine; Prednisone
PubMed: 25522861
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The Primary Care Companion For CNS... Jul 2018
Topics: Adult; Antipsychotic Agents; Clinical Trials as Topic; False Positive Reactions; Female; Humans; Immunoassay; Lamotrigine; Mass Spectrometry; Perphenazine; Phencyclidine; Schizophrenia; Triazines
PubMed: 30084548
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.17l02192